Dinesh Raheja

Dinesh Raheja
Born (1957-03-31) 31 March 1957 (age 67)
Mumbai, Maharastra, India
NationalityIndian
EducationPalm Beach School, Mumbai and HR College, Mumbai
Occupation(s)Author,[1][2] Columnist,[3] TV Screenwriter[4] and Film Historian.
Years active1982–present
Notable workAuthor of The Hundred Luminaries of Hindi Cinema,[5] Indian Cinema The Bollywood Saga,[6] Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam – The Original Screenplay,[7][8] ‘Chaudhvin Ka Chand – The Original Screenplay’, ‘Kaagaz Ke Phool – The Original Screenplay’, writer of TV serials Just Mohabbat, Kasamh Se, non-fiction TV show, Film India (host Victor Banerjee).
RelativesMishal Raheja (nephew)

Dinesh Raheja (born 31 March 1957) is an Indian author, columnist, TV scriptwriter, film historian. Raheja has been writing on cinema for over 40 years. In his long and prolific career as a writer, he has worked as the Editor of Movie magazine (1988–1999), Channel Editor of India Today's online film section and Editor of Bollywood News Service. He has been a regular columnist for rediff.com and Sunday Mid-day for over a decade and his articles have been published in The Times of India, The Indian Express, The Hindustan Times, India Today and Outlook.[9] Raheja is a committed film historian and has authored five books: The Hundred Luminaries of Hindi Cinema (1996),[10] Indian Cinema, The Bollywood Saga (2004),[11] Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam: The Original Screenplay (2012),[12] Chaudhvin Ka Chand: The Original Screenplay (2014)[13] and Kaagaz Ke Phool – The Original Screenplay (2015).[14]

Raheja also writes for TV (Just Mohabbat (fiction),[15] Kasamh Se (fiction),[16] and the BBC World TV show, Film India) and pens poems in English and Hindi, which have been published in several magazines and newspapers. In 2017 Raheja initiated THE DINESH RAHEJA WORKSHOP in which he teaches Bollywood aspirants everything related to the media including the art of image building and giving interviews. In August 2017, he has also released his first book of poems, '101 Haiku by Dinesh Raheja'. The Rock With DR YouTube Channel is Dinesh Raheja's latest initiative

  1. ^ "Chaudhvin Ka Chand laid the seed for bromance in films: Dinesh Raheja | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". Chaya Unnikrishnan. DNA. 2 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Dinesh Raheja". Goodreads.
  3. ^ "Dinesh Raheja revists Golmaal". www.rediff.com. Rediff. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Dinesh Raheja". IMDb. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  5. ^ Dinesh Raheja, Jitendra Kothari (1996). The hundred luminaries of Hindi cinema. Bombay: India Book House Publishers. ISBN 8175080078.
  6. ^ Dinesh Raheja, Jitendra Kothari (2004). The Bollywood saga indian cinema (3. impr. ed.). New Delhi: Aurum Press. p. 156. ISBN 8174362851.
  7. ^ Dinesh Raheja, Jitendra Kothari (2012). Sahib, Bibi, aur Ghulam : the original screenplay. Noida: Om Books International. p. 216. ISBN 978-93-80069-86-9.
  8. ^ Adil, Mamun M. (11 May 2014). "REVIEW: Sahib, Bibi, aur Ghulam: The Original Screenplay". Dawn.
  9. ^ Padukone, Deepika. "A Lamp's Glare". outlookindia. Outlook India. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  10. ^ Raheja, Dinesh; Kothari, Jitenda (1996). The Hundred Luminaries of Hindi Cinema. India Book House Publishers. ISBN 9788175080072.
  11. ^ Raheja, Dinesh (2004). Indian Cinema: The Bollywood Saga (2 ed.). Roli Books. ISBN 9788174362858.
  12. ^ Raheja, Dinesh; Kothari, Jitendra (2012). Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam: The Original Screenplay (First ed.). Om Books International. ISBN 9789380069869.
  13. ^ Raheja, Dinesh; Kothari, Jitendra (2014). Chaudhvin Ka Chand: The Original Screenplay (First ed.). Om Books International. ISBN 9789380070988.
  14. ^ Raheja, Dinesh; Kothari, Jitendra (2014). Kaagaz Ke Phool: The Original Screenplay (First ed.). Om Books International. ISBN 9789380070995.
  15. ^ "Just Mohabbat". IMDB. 1 January 2000.
  16. ^ "Kasamh Se". IMDB. 1 January 2000. Retrieved 30 August 2016.